Next Of Kin

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Black Swan
Publisher Place: United Kingdom
Publisher Year: 1997
Edition: Reprint

Description: 316 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout, the only exception is some light wear to cover. Two Generations Of Merediths Farm The Land Running Down To The River Dean. Robin Meredith Bought His Dairy Farm Just Before He Married Caro, His Enigmatic Californian Wife, While His Father Harry Is An Arable Farmer On The Adjoining Farm, Working The Land, With The Help Of His Other Son Joe, Just As His Father And Grandfather Had Before Him. But Now Caro Has Died As Much Of A Mystery To The Meredith Family As She Was When She Arrived 20 Years Ago, Leaving Robin And Trhe Rest Of The Family To Cope With The Loss. With Caro Gone, Her Adopted Daughter Judy Feels Cut Adrift, While For Joe The Despair At Her Death Is Far Deeper Than The Family Suspects. And Into The Midst Of This Unhappy Family Comes Zoe, Judy's London Friend, An Outsider With Her Strange Townie Appearance, Independent Spirit And Disturbing Directness. Everyone Underestimates Zoe's Power As A Ctalyst For Change As The Realisties Behind The Seeming Idyll Of A Rural Community Become Ever Clearer.

Publishers Description: The land running down to the River Dean has been farmed by the Meredith family for generations. Robin Meredith bought the farm from his father, just before he married his wife Caro and now he and his brother Joe work on the land. But now Caro has died, as much as a mystery to the family as she was when she arrived twenty years ago, and the whole family feels her loss acutely, none more so than her adopted daughter Judy.Into this unhappy family comes Zoe, Judy's London friend, an outsider with an independent spirit and a disturbing directness.Everyone underestimates Zoe's power as a catalyst for change as the realities behind the seeming idyll of a rural community become ever clearer..

ISBN: 0552997005